Henkel: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Henkel (XETRA: HEN3) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany that owns 11 consumer brands across 2 categories.[1]
Henkel was founded in Aachen in 1876 and is run as a partnership limited by shares with the Henkel family holding a controlling block of ordinary shares. It combines a consumer brands business in laundry, home care and hair with a larger industrial adhesives division.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇩🇪 Düsseldorf, Germany
- Founded
- 1876
- Tickers
- XETRA: HEN3
- Wikidata
- Q152051
- Website
- www.henkel.com
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Henkel in numbers
- Henkel owns 11 consumer brands tracked here across 2 top-level categories; the largest is home care with 7 brands.[1]
- 3 of its brands originated outside Germany.
Everything Henkel owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Brand portfolio by category
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Frequently asked questions
What brands does Henkel own?
Henkel owns 11 consumer brands tracked here, including Persil (Henkel), Dial, Schwarzkopf, Purex, Somat and Loctite.
Is Henkel a German company?
Yes. Henkel is headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany and was founded in 1876.
Who owns Henkel?
Henkel is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as HEN3 on the XETRA.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Henkel AG & Co. KGaA Annual Report 2025 — Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Annual report, published 5 March 2026; retrieved 6 September 2026.
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